Essays about: "gliding flight"

Found 5 essays containing the words gliding flight.

  1. 1. High Altitude Glider Solution for Returning From Space

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Jakob Nylöf; Koray Amico Kulbay; [2021]
    Keywords : Aerodynamics; aeronautics; gliding flight; nearearth space research; sounding rocket; KTH; REXUS; XFLR5; Simscale; CFD;

    Abstract : Space exploration drives the human expansion inthe universe. Succeeding in this challenge demands familiarityof the near earth space environment, achieved through soundingrocket experiments that often are lost upon return from space. READ MORE

  3. 2. Simulation and Control System Design for Autonomous Gliding to a Given Location

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ludvig Ringaby; Mathias Schmekel; [2021]
    Keywords : SIMULINK; autopilot; control; simulation; glider;

    Abstract : The aim of this project was to design a flightcontrol system with the purpose of safely guiding a glidertoward a given GPS location over a distance of at least 50km. More specifically, the aim was to develop a control systemfor autonomous gliding and implement it on a given data hubcontaining sensors, GPS-module, microcontroller and a FieldProgrammable Gate Array (FPGA). READ MORE

  4. 3. Learning to Fly: Upgraded Aerodynamics and Control Surfaces

    University essay from KTH/Flygdynamik

    Author : David Jacobsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Hybrid; UAV; Reinforcement Learning; Machine Learning; Controller; Flight Controller; Control Theory; Learning to Fly; Aerodynamics; Hybrid; UAV; Drönare; Flygmekanik; Reglerteknik; Maskininlärning; Regulatordesign;

    Abstract : In recent times the unmanned quadcopter aircraft has been used for a widening range of applications, but for longer distances it still falls short of conventional airplanes in terms of energy usage. There exists hybrid configurations of unmanned aircraft which combine the mobility of quadcopters and the range of fixed-wing aircraft. READ MORE

  5. 4. Weather induced variations in raptor migration : a study of raptor migration during one autumn season in Kazbegi, Georgia, 2010

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Michael Tholin; [2011]
    Keywords : Kazbegi; migrating raptors; weather; thermal updrafts; flight strategies; sträckande rovfåglar; väder; termik; flyktstrategier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Raptors migrate by using either soaring and gliding flight or a combination of gliding and powered flight. The energy consumption when using powered flight increases rapidly with body mass and is therefore mainly used by the smaller raptors, such as Falcons, Sparrowhawks and Harriers. READ MORE

  6. 5. Morphological and functional differences between rhamphorhynchoid and pterodactyloid pterosaurs with emphasis on flight

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Elisabeth Einarsson; [2004]
    Keywords : pterosaurs; Rhamphorhynchoidea; Pterodactyloidea; morphology; wings; flight; aerodynamics; air sacs; flygödlor; morfologi; vingar; flygning; aerodynamik; luftsäckar; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : To explain how the morphological differences between Rhamphorhynchoidea and Pterodactyloidea affect flight performances and life styles wings and claws of pterosaur fossils from collections in Uppsala and Munich have been measured. The measured specimens are from Jurassic limestones and shales in Solnhofen, Eichstätt and Holzmaden and include Dorygnathus, Campylognathoides, Rhamphorhynchus, Anurognathus, Pterodactylus, Germanodactylus and Gallodactylus. READ MORE